Anticipation is half the fun isn’t it? Well, in the case of some films, it’s all the fun unfortunately. But then sometimes films really exceed expectations and then it’s more than half. So I reckon that it sort of balances out to, “half the fun.”

In that spirit, let me tell you about a few films that I’m looking forward to in 2014. There will be more movies to come that we don’t know about yet for sure. Some on my list will not be good, and those not on my list that we don’t know about yet will likely more than make up for it. That’s the way of things. But at this very moment, these are the…

I haven’t heard of this film before now, but after watching I’m actually a little intersted. It’s almost a bit much for me in its violence and grittiness, but I feel like there might be a good story here. Sometimes I am right about these things and sometimes I am wrong.

This upcoming film is apparently based on an anime film from 1998. Who knows what kind of weird things that will make the filmmakers feel like they need to do. But hey, it stars Samuel L. Jackson so it certainly has the potential to be something great because, well, Jackson is awesome.

Nothing should be taken as confirmed news unless explicitly stated as such,” so let’s keep that in mind as we dive in to what the man’s got to say:

• Martian Manhunter and Aquaman will not appear in the film.
• He thinks we’re going to see the first official still of Affleck in costume really soon.
• Superman/Clark Kent will unequivocally be the main character of Batman vs Superman, meaning this will not be some covert Justice League movie.
• Lex Luthor will be in the movie, but he will not be the only villain. Jett refuses to reveal the second one, only stating that this other character is…

According to THR, the footage that Walker shot before his death will be utilized, and the script by Chris Morgantweaked, so that the character of Brian O’Conner can exit the film, but he won’t be killed off. In short, they are trying to find a respectful way to handle the loss of Walker, without removing him entirely from the sequel and still working within the framework and story of the film. Makes sense, though we understand why the movie was pushed, as it’s not something you want to rush to make work.

I’m not a fan so I may not know what I’m talking about, but I wonder if ultimately, no…

It won’t be too long now and we’ll be able to see if this film is any good for ourselves. But in the meantime, Paramount is making with the promotional items. This time we get a nice fat clip featuring a shaky camera, and a lot of hard to follow action. Frankly I hope the film in its totality is a whole lot better than this.

The bottom line in this clip is it appears Jack Ryan (Chris Pine) has been deceived about the type of job he was in for when someone tries to kill him. His boss (Kevin Costner) isn’t exactly rolling out the sympathy wagon either.

This Kenneth Branagh directed…

Remeber that big kickstarter campaign to fund a Veronica Mars film so that fans could get what they always wanted and stuff? Well, it’s starting to pay off now in the form of the film’s first trailer.

I never watched the show. I’m trying to find time to remedy that now, but I just never did. I think I heard about it a time or two though. And apparently it has more than enough fans that one wonders why it was canceled. At any rate, it appears to have a lot of elements that I love in a show or movie — not the least of which is a good amount of snark.

Veronica Mars opens in AMC theaters and…

This is one of those films that’s going to be a trickle down release. It was originally slated to hit the UK in 2013, but is now getting a premiere at Sundance later this month, followed by a US release by Lionsgate. There has not been a domestic trailer yet, but we’ve got a spanish version here.

The film is based on a novel penned by John Le Carre which I have not heard of. But it looks interesting enough as a spy/thriller sort of thing. It stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, and Willem Dafoe — you know, small fries…

Anton Corbijn’s adaptation of John Le Carre’s…

A new independent Star Trek film project is currently in production. StarringVoyager‘s John Savage as Captain Rudy Ransom, Gary Lockwood reprising his TOS role as Gary Mitchell, and Blanca Blanco as Lt. Cmdr. T’Lexa, Star Trek Equinox: The Night of Time, is written by Camren T. Burton and John Savage.

The filmmakers plan to present the film to CBS in the next year, as a pilot for a potential television series.

This actually kind of sounds like a bad idea. The IMDB synopsis reads:

Fifteen years after the destruction of the USS Equinox (approximate star date 2393) Captain Rudy Ransom, who…

The movies of 2013 were great and we’re all anxiously anticipating 2015, but let’s not overlook 2014. While the upcoming calendar isn’t packed as full of blockbusters that make film fans salivate, 2014 has some pretty awesome looking movies from several of the best filmmakers in the world. It has its share of massive franchise films too and while maybe they’re not Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Terminator or Batman fighting Superman, I’ll take Christopher Nolan, Paul Thomas Anderson, Cameron Crowe, Wes Anderson, the Wachowksis and David Fincher any day.

Below, read my top ten anticipated films…